Posted 19 September 2012

PS3 Gets Smaller And Lighter

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PlayStation 3 offers the ultimate in gaming and home entertainment at brilliant value for money, and it’s now available in an eye-catching smaller, lighter new design.

Available from 28th September 2012, the new PS3 system comes with a whopping 500GB of storage and will be closely followed by a wallet-friendly 12GB version. The 500GB will launch as a bundle with FIFA 13 for around €299.99, with the 12GB priced around €229.99 standalone, and owners of the 12GB model will be able to connect a 2.5 inch SATA internal hard drive with use of an official Mounting Bracket, or opt for purchase of an official PlayStation 250GB internal HDD. So whether you’re after instant access to memorable, fun-packed evenings with the family, or want to load up your system with tons of fantastic entertainment, we’ve got the right PS3 for you.

To tie in with the launch, we are introducing PS3 Essentials, providing the best of PlayStation 3 at the greatest value yet. With a wide range of titles available, from Assassins Creed: Brotherhood to Sports Champions, there is truly something for everyone (see full list below).

These great games will be available at retail for around €19.99, with many titles available to download from PlayStation Store from around €14.99 (titles marked with an *).

So, with all the great games and features you love now wrapped up in a sleek new design, there’s never been a better time to get your hands on PlayStation 3.

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WOW thats probably the best looking console i have ever seen day 1 purchase for me i think but would like to know whats different other than the asthetics than the PS3 slim. Also 5″ drives i thought the ps3 used 3.5″ sata drives so that means i wont be able to use my 1TB drive i bought in the new one?

2.5 inch thats what i meant :) What im wondering is what type of ethernet and wlan its using im hoping thay have upgraded it because my 76MB Fibre optic connection only tops out at about 30MB on my ps3 because of the old lan card technology also will it have USB3 and ps2 backwards compatablity?

Considered getting this for about a minute then I remembered they reduced the content sharing on your PSN account to only 2 systems. So any digital content I got with my PS3 fat and downloaded to my PS3 slim I’d have to buy again if I got this Super Slim…

New PS3 looks really nice. It’s disappointing that it doesn’t have more than 2x USB ports though. Having just 2x really isn’t enough what with the need to charge controllers and headsets, PS Eye camera, external hard drives, DVRs and so on. Still, nice looking machine.

Why the forced bundles, I don’t want a bundle with a game that I already got, hope their will be options without games for a lower price. No extra USB ports, still 802.11g, that’s really really really disappointing when your biggest competitor delivers more USB ports and 802.11n.

This smells to much of Sony trying to squeeze the last money out of PS3, so they are launching a new model which costs them way less to make, but the consumer really doesn’t get any new features or lower price.

@monoliet – there’s no need to be so rude. the 12GB model will be useful for some people. Power users could buy it to add their own 750GB internal drive. Of course 12GB isn’t enough on its own – its designed to be used with an internal HD which you may already own. If you don’t like it or don’t want it – don’t buy it. I think it’s a good product, and remember that 12GB drive is solid-state so will be very fast to start up.

So what are the tech specs besides the hard drive? How much smaller and lighter than the first slim is it? What is the power consumption? Does it still have all the same ports or were some scrapped? Will it still play PlayStation CDs? Is the disc drive still front loading or will the be an opening disc cover?

Awesome stuff! I love this, it’s like the PS3 is new again almost.Great for consumers to have the PS3 with these Essentials range, and the Wii U with it’s launch line up on the shelves of stores so they can see clearly that the PS3 is cheaper, has more games, and is a better choice.I just want to see a video of how the disc drive works, I assume it slides across to the left but I’d still like to see it.

@monoliet – Please understand – the 12GB is flash storage. Flash storage is much faster, but a lot more expensive. That’s one reason why a 32GB flash iPod touch costs more than a 180GB iPod Classic. Users with the 12GB model can add a hard drive whenever they want – it has space for a hard drive in addition to the 12GB flash storage.

So Sony releases a cheaper model and the price for a normal customer actually rises? This has to be a joke, the new SKUs are worse than everything I could’ve imagined. You have to pay more to get a model with a hard disk. The 12GB SKU is useless.You can’t even play all games on the 12 GB model and with all those installs you have to buy a hard disk sooner or later. I really hope the “mounting bracket” is included.

Well, just when you Think you’ve seen alls there is to see.. ha……. . Sony are you being serious here ?.. ok, let me explain, before i get the sce-df on my case, am not 100% sure where/how most ppl choose to shop etc, But for the last oh 2 months or so, well 2mnths including ‘ordinary/offline shops’ i, and loads of others have been able to pick up a 320GB New, ps3 for £169.99, what that is in Non GB money i cannot say, you Did put GB on posts header, So apart from the 180GB extra mem, why have you even bothered ?.. add to what monoliet pointed out, obviously he mustn’t be able to get a 320GB in his locale, For the price i mention etc. No, a Definate Big no from me.. i also re-newed, i think end of may, so even IF i liked it, can’t really justify buying again so soon, maybe next may, when the price is more realistic. Though like others have recently said Maybe by then there’ll be another option to consider.. oh, per chance you actually read these (vita/plus etc) posts you started, jus...

Well, just when you Think you’ve seen alls there is to see.. ha……. . Sony are you being serious here ?.. ok, let me explain, before i get the sce-df on my case, am not 100% sure where/how most ppl choose to shop etc, But for the last oh 2 months or so, well 2mnths including ‘ordinary/offline shops’ i, and loads of others have been able to pick up a 320GB New, ps3 for £169.99, what that is in Non GB money i cannot say, you Did put GB on posts header, So apart from the 180GB extra mem, why have you even bothered ?.. add to what monoliet pointed out, obviously he mustn’t be able to get a 320GB in his locale, For the price i mention etc. No, a Definate Big no from me.. i also re-newed, i think end of may, so even IF i liked it, can’t really justify buying again so soon, maybe next may, when the price is more realistic. Though like others have recently said Maybe by then there’ll be another option to consider.. oh, per chance you actually read these (vita/plus etc) posts you started, just like to say thanks Again, . for costing me chance to get B2 on release day, Thanks.

wow, quelle surprise! Still, here’s another chance to bring up my usual bone of contention even tho upping it is too late but, this new re-model, it still has to(try to)run on the laughable 256mb amount of RAM doesn’t it, or has Sony halved that measly amount too? lool?…lolol………..ol

Looks nice but I’d need to know if it’s got any actual advantages over the Slim I finally upgraded to last December before I bought yet another PS3. My Slim is certainly superior to my original PS3 (actually fits in my TV cabinet, much quieter and energy efficient). I still need me a Vita but now got me worrying you’re gonna bring out a Vita Slim soon.

I just thought… In honour of the naming of the new PSP as Vita meaning life in Italian, we should give this a complementary naming to mark and celebrate the nomenclature of it’s plastical unhingeing too, and I thought of the perfek name for it. The last re-model was called the slim and this is even skinnier so I thought we should go french this time and call it::: Le Mince (pronounced Lo Munce) or in our uncouth vernacular The Mince… It means thin in french + it has all these other crossover concoctions that spring to mind when using that word in english too, so how’s THAT. It kind of… fits, don’t you think? hmmmm? hhhmmmmmmmm?

For some reason, i don’t really like the design of this smaller version. I mean, i love the design that slim version has, but this one is too much of Sony, and not enough of Playstation. I know it sounds weird, but this is the only way i can put it. Plus it kinda is waste of money. It’s the same system, just in a smaller package.

That is a great looking PS3 and it’s nice to see digital pricing being set lower than hard copies at last!

One thing that never ceases to amaze me is the inability of some small minded fools on here to see that different products are targeted at different market segments. Of course this is a strategy to make more money on the PS3, from people who have never bought one.

Good product and excellent to see Sony is still not afraid to take the lead with innovative marketing and distribution approaches.